Wednesday June 4, 2025 | NATIONAL NEWS – reporting from VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu has today directed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to return to the bargaining table with their employer Canada Post Corporation.
“Canadians expect the parties to resolve this dispute one way or another. To do that they must meet and pursue these two paths with urgency. Federal mediators are waiting to engage with the parties,” said Minister Hajdu in a statement today.
This comes after Canada Post asked for the minister to consider directing the CUPW 55,000 workers to a directed vote (instead of continuing negotiations).
This shows a thoughtful and relatively bold stance by the federal minister who in her decision appears to subscribe to the belief that negotiated settlements are the best way forward.
Impacts:
Indeed, forcing workers into a decision would probably backfire, at least in the short term, and possibly instigate longer-term resentment of a kind that would not benefit the overall progress of Canada Post’s situation.
CUPW workers are presently holding to an overtime ban — services continue but with any leftover work left to the next day. This will in many cases likely slow down service for businesses and household mail.
===== RELATED:
- Integrative bargaining may bring Canada Post & CUPW closer to resolution but new federal direction needed (May 25, 2025)
- Canada Post workers still on the job with overtime ban (May 23, 2025)
- Canada Post’s new offer to postal workers union could avert strike (May 21, 2025)
- Carney’s mandate letter to cabinet addresses economy and security (May 21, 2025)
- Canada Post workers strike set to begin on May 23 (May 20, 2025)
- Canada Post needs revamp but commissioner’s recommendations fall short (May 19, 2025)
- Canada Post pauses negotiations before possible postal worker strike (May 14, 2025)
- Carney combines experience and new ideas in first full cabinet (May 13, 2025)
- Breakdown of Canada Post mediated talks with postal workers (March 2, 2025)
- Canada Post parcel invoice system upgrade (February 13, 2025)
- Quietly stabilizing Canada Post with a $1.034 billion loan (January 24, 2025)
- Jan 13: Canada Post letter mail & parcel prices up (January 14, 2025)
- Canada Post domestic parcel service now fully restored (January 7, 2025)
- Canada Post service resumes Dec 17 with workers back on the job (December 17, 2024)
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